MURDER
(See also Assassinations; Cities of Refuge; Killing; Manslayer)
abortion: rs 25-26
authorized by governments: w90 7/15 30
babies: g89 7/22 29
Bible examples:
Abel by Cain: it-1 386; it-2 450; lfb 16-17
Abner by Joab: it-1 932, 1083; it-2 78
Absalom by Joab: it-1 34; it-2 79
Adam a murderer: it-2 450, 736
Amasa by Joab: it-2 79
Amnon by Absalom: it-1 32-33, 96; si 61-62
boys in Bethlehem by Herod’s soldiers: jy 24; w09 12/1 13, 15; lr 168-169; gt chapter 8
Satan a murderer: it-2 450, 963; w87 5/15 16
Bible view: scl 122; it-1 344; it-2 450-451; bhs 135, 137; bh 125, 127; w04 6/15 15
by—
assassins hired by drug barons: w90 2/15 28
children: g95 4/22 6
drug dealers: g90 7/22 4
youths: g90 7/22 4; w89 10/15 29; w88 4/15 21; g86 10/22 12-13
Canada:
University of Montreal: w90 12/15 21
children murdered:
Britain: g 10/07 30; g86 3/22 30
contract killings: g00 7/8 3-4
contributing factors:
heavy metal and rap music: g94 1/8 28
Jesus’ comments on (Mt 5:21, 22): w05 3/15 6
discussion: it-2 450-451
experiences:
demon wrings little girl’s neck: w87 9/1 4-5
first-person account “A Tragic Saturday That Shattered My Family”: g87 2/22 28; g86 10/22 12-16
first-person account “Coping With an Unspeakable Tragedy”: g02 3/8 30; g01 7/22 19-23
first-person account of hijacking murders: g86 6/22 5-10
Kimbilikiti massacre (Zaire) (1983): yb04 223, 226-227
life story “Grateful Despite Tragedies—How the Bible Helped Me to Cope”: w09 6/1 18-21
life story “How Truth Changed Me From Criminal to Christian”: g89 9/22 18-21
truth transforms murderers: w11 8/15 19; yb07 144-145; g05 10/8 20-21; w98 1/1 4; yb98 76-77; yb89 56-57
would-be murderers touched by Bible message: yb17 67-68; yb08 47; yb02 48-49
hatred equated to: it-2 450-451; lvs 96; lv 82; w06 1/15 22
hitchhikers: g89 2/22 29
journalists: g90 7/22 28
Law covenant: it-1 344; it-2 450, 734; w17.11 9
acts considered equivalent: it-2 450
avenger of blood: it-1 221-222
killing a thief: it-2 450
sixth commandment: it-2 450, 1086
unknown assailant: it-1 480, 1084-1085; it-2 1171; w95 11/15 15
link with violent entertainment: g90 3/22 29; g89 10/8 29
massacres: mrt article 56; w05 9/1 29-30; w90 12/15 21; g90 5/22 3-4
elementary school (Texas, U.S.A., 2022): mrt article 52
high school (Colorado, U.S.A., 1999): g00 4/8 3; g00 7/8 3
Luby’s Cafeteria (Texas, U.S.A., 1991): g92 11/22 22-24
Port Arthur (Tasmania, 1996): g96 12/22 16-18
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia, U.S.A., 2007): w08 9/1 30
Winnenden (Germany, 2009): w09 12/1 9-12
meaning of term: it-2 450
prevalence: wp16.4 10; g00 7/8 3
cities: g93 11/8 29
lands: g 6/13 3; g92 6/8 28; g90 10/22 28
Satanism: g90 10/8 28; g89 10/22 6-7, 9-10
sex murderers implicate pornography: g90 3/22 29; w89 5/15 30
United States: g 4/08 30; w94 7/15 3; g92 6/8 28; g90 4/22 28; g90 10/22 28; g89 7/22 29; w87 5/15 10
average prison term: g86 11/8 30
Los Angeles: g90 7/22 4
multiple murders since World War II: w90 12/15 21
New York City: g88 12/8 7
Washington, D.C.: g88 12/8 7